Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2022.12.27 (Tue)

【#996】Longing for a Japanese de Gaulle or Churchill

December 26, 2022 　 As I have been assigned to looking back upon the past year, I would like to make a personal observation. The problem to which I have persistently been giving attention is that Ja...

2022.11.09 (Wed)

【#981】Can We Declare China Is Not a Threat?

November 7, 2022 　 On November 3, the Japan Institute for National Fundamentals held a symposium titled “International Order after Shinzo Abe,” inviting French historical demographer and family anth...

2022.09.14 (Wed)

【#960】Japanese Parliament Lacks Intelligence and Morals

September 12, 2022 　 Hearing that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida would attend special committee meetings of the in-recess Diet and answer questions from representatives of major parties including the ...

2022.06.29 (Wed)

【#934】Any Patriotic Politician Worrying About the Country?

June 27, 2022 　 In their ongoing official campaigns for the triennial House of Councilors election on July 10, Japanese political parties have failed to clarify the priority order of campaign issues...

2022.06.20 (Mon)

【#930】Pax Americana Is Over

June 20, 2022 　 The online edition of Foreign Affairs on June 13 carried an article headlined “The Real End of Pax Americana.” Its author is Mark Leonard, director of the European Council on Foreign...

2022.06.14 (Tue)

【#927】Brzezinski’s Respectable Foresight

June 13, 2022 　 Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as national security adviser to U.S. President Jimmy Carter, authored a book titled “The Grand Chessboard” 25 years ago. French demographer Emmanuel T...

2022.05.18 (Wed)

【#917】Okinawa’s Anti-Mainland Sentiment Is Difficult to Eliminate

May 16, 2022 　 While events to mark the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to Japan took place at various locations in Japan these days, I sensed little rejoicing from the bottom of heart expre...

2022.05.02 (Mon)

【#914】Chance Has Come for Japan to Amend Constitution

May 2, 2022 　 Changes in the international situation are prompting the need for Japan to amend the constitution. The Ukraine war has led North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries to enhance defen...

2022.04.06 (Wed)

【#906】American Decline Contributing International Disorder

April 4, 2022 　 The purpose of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down," said Lord Hastings Ismay who served as military adviser ...

2022.03.16 (Wed)

【#896】Japan Insensitive to International Security Crisis

March 14, 2022 　 Where has the time gone when postwar U.S. Presidents Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy hoisted flag of democracy and liberalism to lead the world brilliantly? A...